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Thousands of students across the nation walked out of class today to draw attention to school safety, gun control, and the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla. Scheduled around 10 a.m. at schools across America, the events vary widely locally depending on school districts and individual schools, with...

Former Centerville police chief Bruce Robertson did not break the law by getting paid by the state for teaching classes during the same hours his timesheets say he was working for the city as chief, according to an investigation by an attorney the city hired to review the allegation. The investigation found Robertson violated the terms of...

State and local governments make payroll with public money, which is why this news organization launched its annual I-Team Payroll Project this month to provide the public with details on how government employees are compensated. The Payroll Project includes a searchable online database of 388,643 salaries — and counting &mdash...

Editor’s note: The Dayton Daily News I-Team is gathering payroll data for local governments across our region, as well as state government and higher education, as part of our Payroll Project. You can search Payroll Project data here. We are gathering payroll data for 2017 and will add it to the database as it is collected...

The Ohio Auditor of State issued 14 citations against public agencies in Montgomery County last year for running afoul of state public records rules, more than in any other county in Ohio. Problems identified ranged from not having a public records policy to improperly releasing someone’s Social Security number in response to a records...

The Dayton VA Medical Center will be getting a new leader, replacing its former director who retired in the fall. Jill Dietrich will take over in about 30 to 45 days as the leader of the veterans hospital after holding other high level positions at different hospitals with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. RELATED: New Dayton VA director...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Friday that Jill Dietrich will take over as director of the Dayton VA Medical Center after former director Glenn Costie retired in the fall. Dietrich is expected to assume the role in 30-45 days. She most recently served in Washington DC VA Medical center in roles including acting deputy...

Editor’s note: The Dayton Daily News I-Team is gathering payroll data for local governments across our region, as well as state government and higher education, as part of our Payroll Project. You can search Payroll Project data here. We are gathering payroll data for 2017 and will add it to the database as it is collected...

Editor’s note: The Dayton Daily News I-Team is gathering payroll data for local governments across our region, as well as state government and higher education, as part of our Payroll Project. You can search Payroll Project data here. We are gathering payroll data for 2017 and will add it to the database as it is collected...

An investigation conducted by a law firm hired by the city of Centerville concluded that former police chief Bruce Robertson did not engage in any misconduct in working a side job teaching training classes while working for the city, according to a statement released by the city Friday evening. The statement says allegations were made...

Editor’s note: The Dayton Daily News I-Team is gathering payroll data for local governments across our region, as well as state government and higher education, as part of our Payroll Project. You can search Payroll Project data here. We are gathering payroll data for 2017 and will add it to the database as it is collected...

A Mason surgeon whose medical license was previously suspended after he delivered a baby while drunk had it suspended again after he was arrested for drunk driving in November. The State Medical Board of Ohio in January suspended Dr. Gregory Duma’s medical license indefinitely because his alcohol consumption violated the terms under...

Dayton Public Schools paid three teachers and an assistant principal a total of more than $30,000 in unearned salary in 2017, according to a state audit released Thursday that criticized the district’s failure to stop paying employees for periods of time they didn’t work. Former teacher Stacy Morgan was paid for about eight months...

*** The city of Dayton paid 93 employees more than $100,000 last year, compared to 90 in 2016, according to the I-Team Payroll Project searchable database of public employees. Local governments make payroll with your money, which is why the I-Team has assembled and made available a searchable database of pay for public employees...

Wright State University is struggling to balance its books. School administrators say they can avoid fiscal watch – a designation that signals a public university is in financial crisis – by increasing their reserves by $6 million by June 30. But university trustees learned recently that they spent $6 million over their budget...

Centerville police chief Bruce Robertson’s recent retirement came amid an ongoing investigation into allegations of criminal conduct, according to city officials. “There were allegations of criminal conduct, therefore we’re following up with conducting an internal investigation into those allegations,” City Manager...

The Montgomery County Auditor’s Office is mailing out notices to the owners of 1,614 properties across the county in an effort to recoup hundreds of thousands of dollars from a misapplied tax break that was first uncovered by the Dayton Daily News I-Team. The properties are owned by businesses, landlords and those claiming more than...

A Franklin County judge today threw out a legal challenge brought by more than 160 municipalities — including Dayton, Centerville and Riverside — to a new state tax law. The ruling means Ohio business tax filers can file municipal business taxes directly with the state instead of local municipalities. Cities challenged the law...

Ohioans have easy access to firearms and accessories and state lawmakers have worked for years to increase where guns can be carried and who can carry concealed weapons. Gun control advocates point to the 17 people shot to death at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida as the latest proof that more legislation is...